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Privacy Policy

Last Updated: June 07, 2018

NJ Analytics & Applications, the developer of Knockl, (“NJ A&A,” „Knockl,“ “we,” “us” or other similar pronouns) respects and values the privacy of its users (“you”) and has developed this Privacy Policy to demonstrate its commitment to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes the information we collect, how that information may be used, with whom it may be shared, and your choices about such uses and disclosures. We encourage you to read this Privacy Policy carefully when using our application or services or transacting business with us. By using our website or application (our “Service”), you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions about our privacy practices, please refer to the end of this Privacy Policy for information on how to contact us.

1 Collection and Use of Information

Information we collect about you

We may collect information that can identify you such as your name and email address (“personal information”) and other information that does not identify you. We may collect this information through a website or a mobile application. By using the Service, you are authorizing us to gather, parse and retain data related to the provision of the Service. When you provide personal information through our Service, the information may be sent to servers located in countries around the world.

Information you provide

• To register as a user with Knockl, you will be asked to sign in using your LinkedIn account. This will be used for identification purposes and is linked to your Knockl User ID.

During the sign-up process using LinkedIn we will retrieve the following information from your LinekdIn account

(a) your LinkedIn profile picture

(b) your full name (first name and last name)

(c) your current position (title and company)

(d) your public profile LinkedIn URL

(e) your email address

(f) your industry

(g) your LinkedIn user ID

(h) your geographic location

During the sign-up process, you will also be asked for additional information, such as your work experience amongst others. Many of these requests are optional. However, it will be mandatory for the user to add a least one item relating to the industry the user works in, what the user is looking for and what the user’s interests are.

This information may be shown to other users of Knockl when suggesting your profile to them or when both of you participate in the same event. This information will also be visible to other users when you show your interest towards a user by swiping that user’s profile to the right and it will also be visible when you are matched with another user (meaning that both of you have swiped each other’s profiles to the right).

• You will also be asked to allow Knockl to collect your location information from your device when you download or use the Service. You may decline each of these requests. You may disable location services in your device settings and use the app without sharing location information. If you provide us with your location information, then it may be used to show profiles in your vicinity or beyond to you and to show your profile to users in your vicinity and beyond. Other users may therefore get an idea of your approximate location.

• Additionally, we may process, store, and link your location information to your in-app behavior, to improve our suggestion and recommendation services and any other services we provide our users and customers with. This will help Knockl to improve the user experience by suggesting relevant profiles and offering relevant services.

• If you exchange messages with other Knockl users, you provide us the content of your chats, and if you contact us with a customer service or other inquiry, you provide us with the content of that communication.

• We use Google’s Firebase chat functionality. Google maintains copies of all messages on their servers. This allows you to access all messages from multiple mobile devices as well as moving your account seamlessly to a new mobile device. The content of these messages and their associated meta information (such as time stamps, location, message length, file size, sender, and recipient, etc.) may be analyzed and/or interpreted by our algorithms in order to better understand network behaviors and trends, detect potential outages and technical issues, and for public safety reasons. For information on how Google may use your data, please refer to their privacy policy: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/.

• In addition, Knockl may collect, store, analyze and/or interpret information about the people you are connected to and how you interact with them, such as the people you communicate with the most. We also collect the information of which events you participate in. Knockl uses this information to improve the suggestions and recommendations of profiles and/or events and to improve its services for its users and customers.

• We may also request access to some features of your device such as your camera, storage, calendar or other features to provide you with our service. You may disable access to the respective features in your device settings.

Use of technologies to collect information

We use various technologies to collect information from your device and about your activities on our Service.

• Our servers may automatically collect data about your Internet address when you use our services. This information, known as an Internet Protocol address, or IP Address, is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer by your Internet service provider whenever you are on the Internet. Our servers may log your IP Address and, if applicable, your domain name. Your IP Address is used to help identify you and to gather demographic information about our members and users as a whole but does not include personally identifiable information. Our server may also record the referring page that linked you to us (e.g., another website or a search engine); the pages you visit on this Site; the website you visit after this Site; the ads you see and/or click on; other information about the type of Web browser, computer, platform, related software and settings you are using; any search terms you have entered on this Site or a referral site; and other Web usage activity and data logged by our servers. We use this information for internal system administration, to help diagnose problems with our servers, and to administer our Service. Such information may also be used to gather demographic information, such as country of origin and Internet Service Provider.

• Any or all of these activities with regard to site usage information may be performed on our behalf by our service providers, including, for example, our analytics vendor(s) and our e-mail management partner(s), server hosting partner(s) and website partner(s).

• When you visit our Service, we may assign your device one or more cookies to facilitate access to our Service and to personalize your experience. Through the use of a cookie, we also may automatically collect information about your activity on our Services, such as the pages you visit, the time and date of your visits and the links you click. If we advertise, we (or third parties) may use certain data collected on our Service to show you Knockl advertisements on other sites or applications.

• We may embed pixel tags (also called web beacons or clear GIFs) on web pages, ads, and emails. These tiny, invisible graphics are used to access cookies and track user activities (such as how many times a page has been viewed). We use pixel tags to measure the popularity of our features and services. Ad companies also use pixel tags to measure the number of ads displayed and their performance (such as how many people clicked on an ad).

• If you are using our app, we may use mobile device IDs (the unique identifier assigned to a device by the manufacturer), or Advertising IDs (for iOS 6 and later), instead of cookies, to recognize you. We may do this to store your preferences and track your use of our app. Unlike cookies, device IDs cannot be deleted, but Advertising IDs can be reset in „Settings“ on your iPhone. Ad companies also use device IDs or Advertising IDs to track your use of the app, track the number of ads displayed, measure ad performance and display ads that are more relevant to you. Analytics companies use device IDs to track information about app usage.

• develop, display, and track content and advertising tailored to your interests on our Service and other sites, including providing our advertisements to you when you visit other sites;

• website or mobile application analytics;

• enforce or exercise any rights in our Terms of Use;

• perform functions or services as otherwise described to you at the time of collection.

If your personal information is submitted through our website when applying for a position with our company, the information will be used solely in connection with considering and acting upon your application. We may retain your personal information, but only for the purpose of considering your application for current or future available positions.

In all circumstances, we may perform these functions directly or use a third party vendor to perform these functions on our behalf which will be obligated to use your personal information only to perform services for us. Also, if you access our Service from a third-party social platform, such as Facebook, we may share non-personal information with that platform to the extent permitted by your agreement with it and its privacy settings.

Sharing and Disclosure of Information

We do not rent, sell, or share any information about our users with any third-parties, except as specifically described herein.

We may disclose your Personal Information if we believe such action is necessary to:

(a) comply with the law, or legal process served on us;

(b) protect and defend our rights or property (including the enforcement of our agreements); or

(c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of our Service or members of the public.

In order to provide you with Knockl products you have requested, Knockl may sometimes, if necessary, share your Personal Information and traffic data with trusted partner service providers and/or agents, for example: banking organizations or other providers of payment and analytical services, customer support, or hosting services. Knockl will always require these third parties to take appropriate organizational and technical measures to protect your personal data and traffic data and to observe the relevant legislation. Within the framework of the U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor Framework, our US third-party providers have committed to warranting a reasonable level of privacy which is similar to the Swiss data privacy laws.

The following is a description of how we may share your Personal Information with trusted third party partners. Should we add additional partners, we will immediately update this description:

• We may use Push Notification Services to notify you about various events related to the app. If we do, the name of the person sending you a message may be part of the notification. This message is sent to the push notification service provider, for delivery to your device.

• We may use Google’s Firebase to provide you with the chat functionality in the Knockl app. Data we share with Firebase are messages and the timestamp of the messages of users sending or receiving a message and other user data (like the full name and the image of the user). For more information about Google’s Privacy Policy, please visit http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/.

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the Knockl servers that are used to store your Personal Information are owned and hosted by Amazon Web Services, Inc.

We may from time to time ask you to provide information about your experiences, which will be used to measure and improve quality. You are at no time under any obligation to provide any of such data. Any and all information which is voluntarily submitted in feedback forms on our Service or any survey that you accept to take part in is used to review this feedback and improving the Knockl software, products, and websites. We may contact you to send you messages about faults and service issues. Furthermore, we reserve the right to use email or the Knockl software to notify you of any eventual claims related to your use of our software, websites and/or products, including without limitation claims of violation of third party rights. We may send you alerts via the Knockl software to notify you when someone has tried to contact you or if someone shows interest in your profile. We may also use the Knockl software to keep you up to date with news about our software and products that you have purchased and/or to inform you about other Knockl products and related information.

We collect and analyze user information by sharing user data with the following services:

• Cookies

• We use a number of different cookies on our site.

• If you do not know what cookies are, or how to control or delete them, then we recommend you visit http://www.aboutcookies.org for detailed guidance.

• Log Data

• Like many site operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our site (“Log Data”). This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.

• Squarespace Analytics

• We use “Squarespace Analytics” to help run our site effectively and provide the best experience for our visitors. Functional and required Cookies are used because they allow visitors to navigate and use key features on our site. We use Analytics and Performance cookies to collect information about how visitors interact with our site.

• For more information how Squarespace uses cookies and a list of cookies they place on our site please visit https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001264507. For further information, please also visit their Cookie Policy https://www.squarespace.com/cookie-policy and their Privacy Policy https://www.squarespace.com/privacy.

• Google Analytics

• We use “Google Analytics” to collect information about the use of our site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit this site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to this site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve this site. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit this site, rather than your name or other identifying information. Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit this site, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use (as amended for government websites) and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this site by disabling cookies on your browser. Google Analytics employs cookies to define user sessions, which allows for the collection of data about how visitors are using the websites. Google Analytics uses only first-party cookies for data analysis. This means that the cookies are linked to a specific website domain, and Google Analytics will only use that cookie data for statistical analysis related to your browsing behavior on that specific website. According to Google, the data collected cannot be altered or retrieved by services from other domains. If you choose, you can opt out by turning off cookies in the preferences settings in your web browser or installing a browser add-on the can be found here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/For more information about Google’s Privacy Policy, please visit http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/.

• Google AdWords

• We may use the Google AdWords remarketing service to advertise on third party websites (including Google) to previous visitors to our site. It could mean that we advertise to previous visitors who have not completed a task on our site, for example downloading the Knockl mobile app. This could be in the form of an advertisement on the Google search results page, or a site in the Google Display Network. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the site. Any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy. You can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Preferences page, and if you want to you can opt out of interest-based advertising entirely by cookie settings or permanently using a browser plugin.

• We use the Google reCAPTCHA service to protect us from spam and abuse through our contact form. This service collects information on hardware and software such as device and application data. For more information about Google’s Privacy Policy, please visit http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/.

• We use Google’s Firebase to provide you with the chat functionality in the Knockl app. Data we share with Firebase are messages and the timestamp of the messages of users sending or receiving a message and other user data (like the full name and the image of the user).

• A Facebook tracking pixel may be used on our Service. This means that third parties may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect or receive information from our website and elsewhere on the internet and use that information to provide measurement services and target adverts.

• Twitter functions are embedded in our website. These functions are provided by Twitter, Inc. (1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA). Through the use of Twitter and the “re-tweet” function, the web pages you visit will be linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. This data is also transmitted to Twitter. Please note that, as the operator of this site, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted to Twitter or how Twitter uses these data. For more information, please see Twitter's data privacy policy at: http://twitter.com/privacy.

• We may provide aggregated non-personal information such as how many networking connections have been made in relation to an event to third parties such as event organisers so they can improve their event organisation.

• We may ask trusted third-party service partners to analyse the data on our behalf for the purpose of delivering our services to our users/customers. Personal information, such as Name or Email-Address will not be shared to those third parties and they will be required to use the data only for the intended purpose and delete all data they received after completion of their services.

Third Party Websites

There are a number of places on our Service where you may click on a link to access other websites that do not operate under this Privacy Policy. These third-party websites may independently solicit and collect information, including personal information, from you and, in some instances, provide us with information about your activities on those websites. We recommend that you consult the privacy statements of all third-party websites you visit by clicking on the “privacy” link typically located at the bottom of the webpage you are visiting.

How we protect your personal information

We take security measures to help safeguard your personal information from unauthorized access and disclosure. Personal Information is stored on our servers and protected by secured networks to which access is limited to a few authorized employees, personnel and app development partners.

However, no system can be completely secure. Therefore, although we take steps to secure your information, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information, chats, or other communications will always remain secure. Users should also take care with how they handle and disclose their personal information and should avoid sending personal information through insecure email.

2 Children’s Privacy

Knockl websites and software clients are not intended for or designed to attract anyone under the age of 18, and we do not intentionally or knowingly collect Personal Information on our sites from anyone under the age of 18. We encourage parents to be involved in the online activities of their children to ensure that no information is collected from a child without parental permission.

3 Business Transitions

In the event that we go through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, Personal Information will likely be among the assets transferred.

4 Changes to Policy

From time to time, we may revise this Policy. We reserve the right to update or modify this Policy, or any other of our policies or practices, at any time with or without notice. However, we will not use your Personal Information in a way that is materially different from the uses described in this Policy without giving you an opportunity to opt-out of such differing uses. We will post the revised Policy on the Site so that users can always be aware of what information we collect, how the information is used and under what circumstances such information may be disclosed. You agree to review the Policy periodically so that you are aware of any modifications. Your continued use of the Service indicates your assent to any changes and signifies your agreement to the terms of our Policy. If you do not agree with these terms, you should not use the Site, the Knockl App, or any other Service.

5 Change or Removal of Information

If you wish to delete your account completely (and remove all your messages), you can, if present, use the in-app option in the settings menu or write us an email to info@knockl.com. Please note that this will remove your data from knockl Services, and deactivate knockl on your device. Please also note that simply uninstalling knockl from your device will not delete your account.

If you have additional concerns and/or requests, you can contact us at info@knockl.com.

6 Contact Information

Please direct all questions in connection with this Policy via e-mail to info@knockl.com